Mal Moore was a backup quarterback on Alabama's 1961 national championship team.

1958 - Mal Moore was one of seven children in a tight family comes off southern Alabama farm
near Dozier to play football for Paul Bryant, the new Alabama coach.
Admits he almost left the team several times but couldn't disappoint his
father.

1961 - Backup QB as Crimson Tide wins national championship, capping an 11-0 season with a 10-3 Sugar Bowl victory over Arkansas.

1964 - Returns
to Alabama as a graduate assistant after a year at Montana State. The
Crimson Tide goes 10-0 during the regular season and is named national
champion in the Associated Press and coaches' polls. That's No. 2 for
Moore.

1965
-- Now the Crimson Tide's defensive backs coach, Moore wins his third
national championship, as Alabama goes 8-1-1 in the regular season, wins
the SEC Championship and defeats Nebraska in the Orange Bowl.

1971
-- Moore's coaching responsibilities are shifted from defensive backs
to quarterbacks. He helps implement a change to the wishbone formation.
Three of Moore's wishbone quarterbacks -- Richard Todd, Jeff Rutledge
and Walter Lewis -- end up in the NFL.

Mal Moore with Paul 'Bear' Bryant. Moore first served as a defensive backs coach before eventually moving to offense.

1973
-- Moore wins his fourth national championship, but the season comes with a
bittersweet ending as Alabama loses to Notre Dame in an epic,
back-and-forth Sugar Bowl. The Crimson Tide was named the national
champion in the coaches' poll before the bowl game.

1975 -- Moore is promoted to offensive coordinator.

1978
-- Alabama loses just once during the regular season to Southern California and Moore collects his fifth national title when the Crimson Tide
defeats Penn State, 14-7, in the Sugar Bowl.

1979
-- The Crimson Tide runs the table in impressive fashion. A 24-9 win
over Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl seals Moore's sixth national
championship.

1983 -
After not getting the Alabama head coaching position he wants following
Bryant's retirement, goes to Notre Dame as running backs coach and then
assistant head coach under Gerry Faust. Moore leaves with 14 SEC
championship rings.

1986 -
Begins four seasons in the NFL as a coach on Gene Stallings' staff with
the St. Louis/Arizona Cardinals. Finds coaching pro football
unfulfilling.

1992 -
Having returned to Alabama in 1990 when Stallings was hired as head
coach, he helps the Tide win another national championship, giving him
more rings (seven) than anyone associated with Alabama football.

1994 - Becomes associate athletic director at Alabama, leaving the field
because the demands are too great as he tries to care for his wife after
she is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

Mal Moore smiles during a press conference announcing his new position as Alabama athletic director. (Frank Couch)

1999 - Succeeds Bob Bockrath as Alabama's athletic director and goes to work
improving athletic facilities and building a department with a $36
million annual budget into a $100+ million empire, despite NCAA
probation, coaching sex scandals and a weak economy.

Oct.
31, 2000 -- Embroiled in a sex scandal and a season that ultimately
ended with a 3-8 record, football coach Mike DuBose, who succeeded Stallings and filled the position for four seasons, is informed that he
won't be returning for the 2001 season.

Nov.
23, 2000 -- While Moore continues his search for a new football coach,
NCAA investigators arrive on campus to investigate potential recruiting
violations involving Albert Means and Kenny Smith.

Dec.
1, 2000 -- Moore hires Dennis Franchione as his new football coach,
signing the rising star from TCU to a seven-year deal that pays around
$1.2 million per season. Unlike DuBose, Franchione has no connections to
the Crimson Tide program.

Feb.
1, 2002 -- Alabama loses 21 football scholarships over a three-year
period, receives five years of probation and is placed on a two-year
bowl ban for its recruiting improprieties involving Means and Smith
along with a slew of other secondary violations. The NCAA writes that it
considered the death penalty because Alabama was a two-time repeat
offender (1995, 1999), but ultimately held off because of the
university's cooperation throughout the investigation. Moore calls the
ruling "disappointing" and UA appeals, but it's to no avail.

March
4, 2002 -- Moore officially launches the Crimson Tradition Fund, a
fundraising initiative that ultimately raises more than $150 million for
athletic facility upgrades. Nearly every athletic facility,
Bryant-Denny Stadium and Coleman Coliseum, were upgraded thanks to
campaign, which was completed in 2006. Bryant Hall is also converted
into an academic center while brand new tennis and soccer complexes are
constructed.

Alabama Athletic Director Mal Moore talks on the phone in his office.

Dec.
5, 2002 -- After an encouraging 10-win season, Franchione stuns
Alabama's fanbase when he accepts the head coach position at Texas
A&M. Franchione, who went 17-8 in his two years at Alabama, informs
his former players about his departure via video conference.

Dec.
18, 2002 -- Mike Price, after back-to-back 10-win seasons at Washington
State, is introduced as Alabama's new football coach. He is set to make
$10 million over seven years.

May
3, 2003 -- Shortly after news leaks of Price's inappropriate behavior
at a Pensacola strip club, UA president Robert Witt and Moore agree to
dismiss him.

May
9, 2003 -- Former Alabama quarterback Mike Shula becomes the Crimson
Tide's 26th head football coach. He agrees to a six-year contract that
pays him $900,000 per season.

Nov.
27, 2006 -- Following a 6-6 season that ended with a trip to the
Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La., Shula is fired. "Mike and his
staff took over our program during a trying period four years ago, and
in a number of ways Mike has been an excellent representative of our
program," Moore said in a statement that primarily lauded Shula for his
high character, "However, we did not make progress on the field this
season and have not been able to maintain the positive momentum
necessary to return Alabama football to a place among college football's
elite programs."

Dec.
8, 2006 -- With multiple news outlets reporting that the hiring of West
Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez was imminent, Moore announces that
Rodriguez has opted to stay with the Mountaineers.

Alabama's new football Coach Nick Saban is introduced to the the press by Alabama AD, Mal Moore. (Mike Mercier)

Jan.
4, 2007 -- Undeterred by an initial denial and comments that indicated Nick
Saban, the former national championship winning coach at LSU, had no plans of leaving his relatively new job with the Miami Dolphins, Moore didn't give up.
He spent several days in Miami before ultimately landing the man who was
at the top of his list at the beginning of his search. Saban arrives in
Tuscaloosa later that day to much fanfare, and a new era of Alabama
football begins.

March
28, 2007 -- Alabama renames its football building in Moore's honor. The
Mal M. Moore Athletic Facility, which underwent significant renovations
in 2005, houses the Crimson Tide's football offices. Moore's, too.
Alabama commends him with a proclamation that says his "vision of
elevating the athletic facilities at the Capstone to premier status has
resulted in a remarkable outcome that is a source of great pride to the
University, the State of Alabama and the nation."

Nov.
29, 2008 -- Alabama football is officially back, as it caps a perfect
12-0 regular season with a 36-0 victory over Auburn, its first in seven
years.

Feb.
6, 2009 -- Alabama's Board of Trustees unanimously approve an $80.6
million proposal to expand Bryant-Denny Stadium's South End Zone by
9,000 seats. The project ultimately cost $15 million less than
anticipated. The construction was complete in time for the 2010 season
and put the stadium at its current capacity, 101,821.

Mal Moore, University of Alabama athletics director, poses at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala., while construction continues on the expansion of the south endzone seating in the background Wed., June 23, 2010. (The Birmingham News/ Mark Almond)

June
11, 2009 -- The Alabama athletic department is placed on three years of
probation and 21 football victories from the 2005, 2006 and 2007
seasons are vacated after 15 student-athletes are discovered to have received
impermissible benefits through misuse of the school's textbook
distribution program. Alabama's appeal is denied.

Jan.
7, 2010 -- Moore collects his first football national championship as
Alabama's athletic director. The Crimson Tide, which upset Florida to
win the SEC Championship, runs the table from start to finish. Alabama's
37-21 win over Texas in the BCS National Championship at the Rose Bowl
caps a 14-0 season.

Mal Moore married Charlotte Davis in 1968 when he was an assistant to Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant. They had one daughter, Heather Cook, who now lives in Arizona.

Jan. 18, 2010 -- After a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's, Moore's wife, Charlotte Davis Moore, passes away at the age of 71.

Aug.
4, 2010 -- Moore receives a six-figure raise and has his contract
extended through June 30, 2014. He received another raise in 2012, but
the end date on his contract was not changed.

April
16, 2011 -- On the same day when Saban's statue is unveiled on the Walk
of Champions, the Alabama gymnastics team, led by longtime coaches Sarah
and David Patterson, holds off UCLA to win its first national
championship in nine years and its fifth overall.

Sept.
5, 2011 -- Moore loses his right-hand man, executive director of
athletics Dave Hart, to Tennessee, where he is named athletic director.
Hart is eventually replaced by Shane Lyons, the former associate
commissioner of the ACC.

Jan.
9, 2012 -- No. 9 comes in improbable fashion. The Crimson Tide, written
off following its regular season loss to LSU, rises back to No. 2 in
the final BCS rankings and avenges its setback in dominating fashion.
The 21-0 victory over the Tigers in New Orleans came just a couple of
days after Moore offered Saban a raise and contract extension.

April
21, 2012 -- The Alabama
gymnastics team wins its second straight national championship, giving
the Pattersons six during their tenure with the Crimson Tide.

University of Alabama Athletic Director Mal Moore speaks about Alzheimer's Disease as part of the Canterbury-Beeson Forum on Aging at Canterbury United Methodist Church (The Birmingham News/ Tamika Moore)

May 12, 2012 -- Heading an eight-man class, Moore is inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.

May
25, 2012 -- The Alabama women's golf team wins its first national
championship. The coach, Mic Potter, was hired by Moore in 2005 after
spending the previous 22 years at Furman.

June
6, 2012 -- The Crimson Tide softball team gives Alabama its fourth and
final national championship of 2012 when it defeats Oklahoma in the
Womenâ€™s College World Series. The coach, Patrick Murphy, was hired as an
assistant in 1998, promoted to head coach in 1999 and rehired by Moore
just days after he accepted the head coaching job at LSU following the
2011 season.

June
15, 2012 -- With cries to honor Patterson with a statue of her own,
Alabama announces plans for the Sarah Patterson Champions Plaza, a $2.8
million shrine next to Sewell-Thomas Stadium that highlights the
program's success stories in all of its sports.

A view of the front entry to the the new strength and conditioning facility, Wednesday, February 27, 2013, on campus in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Vasha Hunt/vhunt@al.com)

Aug.
1, 2012 -- The Board of Trustees approves the immediate construction of
a new, 35,000-square foot strength and conditioning center that
connects the Hank Crisp Indoor Facility to the Mal M. Moore Athletic
Facility. It's up and running by Feb. 2013.

Aug. 21, 2012 -- Moore is hospitalized at DCH Regional Medical Center with an irregular heartbeat. He is released two days later.

Dec.
4, 2012 -- At the 55th Annual National Football Foundation Awards Dinner
at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, Moore is saluted with the
Toner Award, which is
given annually to an athletics director who has demonstrated superior
administrative abilities and shown outstanding dedication to college
athletics and particularly college football.

Jan.
7, 2013 -- Fittingly, Moore's 10th football national championship comes
with a dominant, 42-14 victory over Notre Dame, a school he held in high
regard long after his coaching tenure in South Bend.

Alabama AD Mal Moore and Coach Nick Saban pose with national championship trophies before he gives a post-BCS Championship game press conference the day after the BCS National Championship NCAA football game, Tuesday, January 08, 2013, at Harbor Beach Marriott Resort & Spa in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish for the BCS National Championship Monday. (Vasha Hunt/vhunt@al.com)

Jan.
19, 2013 -- Moore speaks at Alabama's BCS National Championship
celebration in front of Bryant-Denny Stadium. He draws the loudest
ovation when he says Saban "is the best coach, in my opinion, in the
United States. Thank God he's on our side."

March
13, 2013 -- During Alabama's Pro Day, it is revealed that Moore has
checked into Brookwood Medical Center in Birmingham for tests and
treatment in relation to pulmonary problems. Later that night, he is
transferred to Duke University Medical Center, one the nation's
top-rated hospitals for pulmonology.

March 20, 2013 -- The University of Alabama announces that Moore is stepping down as athletic director and become special assistant to president Judy Bonner. "I cannot adequately express what the University means to me," Moore said in a university statement. "It has
been a part of my life for more than 50 years, and I feel honored to
have served the Crimson Tide as a player, coach and administrator. I am
so appreciative of the University administration, coaches, staff,
student-athletes and fans who have made my tenure as director so very
meaningful, memorable and special."

March 22, 2013 -- Bill Battle, a longtime friend and former teammate of Moore's, is officially hired as Alabama's new athletic director.

March 30, 2013 -- Moore, at the age of 73, passes away at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C.